swapping and cycling tips

[El_diablo]

Hiya guys n gals,

Iv got the oppertunity to buy a 100 us gallon aquarium and iv currently got a 30G but I don't hav space to cycle the 100G while the 30g is still up and running. My filter in the 30g is suitable for the 100g (good salesman ship in my LFS "u can't over filter" more like the price on the big filter suits u better) so... Can I do a straight swap from my 30G into the 100g with the filter, plants, ornaments, gravel, water etc so I wouldn't hav to cycle the 100g obviously the new tank taking the good bacteria from the old tank???

Cheers peeps

 

[BigJim]

You may see a mini-cycle, but if you don't add any more fish, you shouldn't have too many issues. I am seriously doubting that any filter that doesn't turn a 30g into a vortex would be suitable for a 100g.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

You may see a mini-cycle, but if you don't add any more fish, you shouldn't have too many issues. I am seriously doubting that any filter that doesn't turn a 30g into a vortex would be suitable for a 100g.

I agree. If your thirty isn't a torrent I highly doubt that the filter can work for a hundred. I would get some water in the hundred, dechlorinate it, add the filter cartridge or some of the gravel from the other tank and wait it out...also you're probably gonna need a bigger filter for that hundred...